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CENTURY CLUB PUNCH.
>~ pint of brandy.
Royal Punch.
(For a small party.)
Take 1 pint of hot green tea.
s' pint of Jamaica rum.
1 wine-glass of Curaqoa.
1 wine-glass of arrack.
Juice of two limes.
A, slice of lemon.
White sugar to taste.
1 gill of marm calfs-foot jelly.
To be drunk as hot as possible.
T his is a composition worthy o f a k i n g , and t h e
materials are admi rably b l e nded ; t h e i ne b r i a t i ng
effects of the spirits being deadened by the tea, whilst
the jelly softens the mix t ure, and destroys the acri–
mony of the acid and sugar.
The whites of a couple of eggs well beat up to a
f roth, may be substituted for the j e ll y where t hat i s
not at'hand.
If the punch is too st r opg, add more gr een tea to
taste.
Century glub Punch.
Take 1 pint of old Santa Cruz rum.
1 pint of old Jamaica rum.
o pintp of water.
With the addition of lemon juice and sugar to su i t
the taste, this makes a nice punch.
The precise portions of spirit and water, or even of
the acidity and sweetness, can have no general rule, as
scarcely two persons make punch alike.
Ha a e l o c R T o h a o o o s .
Finest Q uahty.